Under The Sea Pincushion

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Every year, at the CQI (Crazy Quilting International) Retreat, there is a Crazy Gift Exchange.  The gifts  range from beautiful crazy quilted items to amazing bags of stash enhancement!  Since I've been in pincushion mode this year, I opted to make a CD pincushion for my gift exchange item.  It turned out wonderful and I must admit that I really didn't want to give it away!  

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I started off with this block of sea themed fabrics.

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When I was done embellishing it, it looked like this.  A lovely block, but with these round pincushion blocks, they really come to life after being shaped.  

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Once shaped and pulled together, the block sprang to life!  I embroidered three fishes for this pincushion and added some lovely little bead fish that I found at a local bead-shop along with some tiny shells that I had in my stash, left over from previous under the sea projects.  

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A little bit of sea-shell like lace embellishes one seam.

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A closer look at one of the fishes.  They are embroidered using two strands of DMC Satin floss in different colors worked together.  Before appliqueing them onto the pincushion, I padded them with a tiny ball of wool roving to given them added dimension.  The fins and tail were embroidered after the body of the fish was appliqued onto the block. 

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There are all sorts of beads on this block that give it a shimmer that the camera doesn't pick up easily.  

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On the back, I put my usual signature and noted CQI in honor of the retreat.  Connie K. was the lucky winner of this pincushion!  

I was the recipient of a lovely pre-pieced block the size of a table centerpiece in autumn colors to stitch and embellish on my own.  It included a lovely assortment of threads and trims to use as well as enough additional squares of silk to make prairie points to trim the finished block with!  I am looking forward to stitching it up and hope to have it ready for my table by Thanksgiving! 

The retreat was wonderful and I hope to have a post ready tomorrow about it! 

Comments

Leslie said…
That's just gorgeous. You have the CD pincushion thing down to a science. Lucky winner! Looking forward to seeing your table square.
Laurie said…
The winner is one lucky lady!! I love your embroidered fish Lisa, and all the beautiful details!!
This pincushion is so pretty! I love the fabrics and colors, and your embellishments are wonderful!!

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Suzanne Kistler said…
Always an inspiration. Thank you for posting your lovelies.
Very beautiful pin cushion, I'm sure those sewers will definitely love this!

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